El Paso Newswire

A grand jury in West Texas has indicted a father accused of helping his rookie Los Angeles police-officer son flee after an off-duty slaying in California. Victor Solis of Lancaster, California, was indicted Wednesday on a charge of making a false statement to the FBI in El Paso.
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The University of Texas at El Paso has won a $4.9 million grant to lead a study of how to do more with less water. The El Paso Times reports that the university will use the money to investigate the impacts of climate change in the Rio Grande Basin.
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A Fort Bliss soldier has been sentenced to eight years in prison in a plea deal over the 2012 beating death of his year-old son. Sgt. 1st Class Crispen Hanson was accused of causing the death of his son, Malachi, and faced trial this week in El Paso.
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El Paso police say an officer shot dead an armed male car passenger who refused the officer's demand that he drop his handgun during a traffic stop. The incident happened about 9:50 p.m. Friday on a side street just off U.S. 54 in the northeastern part of the West Texas city, about two miles north of Fort Bliss.
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More than 20 color-changing towers and sculptures were lit up Thursday evening along Interstate 10 near Airway Boulevard. The lighting marked the end of a $7 million project by the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority, which also includes lighting, landscaping, painting and pedestrian walkways.
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North Korea on Sunday presented to the media an American who says he illegally crossed into the country but has not been put into custody and is seeking asylum in Venezuela. Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, of El Paso, Texas, said he entered North Korea by crossing the river border with China.
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